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Zhejiang Dahua Security Technology DH-DVR1604RW Operation Manual

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Operation precautions

All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. The improper operation may
cause irreparable damage to the appliance.

1. Installation condition

1.1 Put away from extreme hot places and humid places
1.2 Avoid direct sunlight
1.3 Be horizontally installed
1.4 Avoid violent vibrating ,lifts and place gently
1.5 Do not place other devices upon
1.6 Put in well ventilation places, not block the radiator fan in the back of the recorder

2. Installation and operation precautions

2.1 Please check the main power switch and voltage of power supply to avoid voltage mismatch. Attach the power cable
to the unit and connect it to your local mains supply, then open the power
2.2 At the first use, assure the installation of hard disk, and the master-slave jumper wire should be set. MAXTOR hard
disk is strongly recommend
2.3 Do not unplug the power connector before turn the power off correctly and switch the Power On & Off within short
period
2.4 Unauthorized repair or parts substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards.
2.5 Do not attempt to service this equipment by yourself. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

3. Open Cabinet And Check Inventory

Check the items supplied against the list below after open the case:
3.1 One power cord
3.2 One Ethernet cable (positive cable), one serial port cable
3.3 One package of installation kit
3.4 One user's manual
3.5 One CD for installation
3.6 Certification of the product
3.7 Product warranty card
DVR1204/DVR1604/DVR1204RW/DVR1604RW Digital Video Recorder*
*This manual takes DVR1604RW as an example£ ª
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*Operation manual for MPEG4 series

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  • Page 1: Operation Precautions

    *Operation manual for MPEG4 series DVR1204/DVR1604/DVR1204RW/DVR1604RW Digital Video Recorder* *This manual takes DVR1604RW as an example£ ª Operation precautions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. The improper operation may cause irreparable damage to the appliance. 1.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents Operation precautions ························································································· 1 1. Installation condition ·················································································· 1 2. Installation and operation precautions ························································· 1 3. Open Cabinet and Check Inventory ····························································· 1 Chapter 1: Product Features and Specifications ·················································· 4 1. Technical Specifications ··········································································· 4 2.
  • Page 3 2.3. Playback fast forward ······································································· 31 2.4. Playback slow forward ····································································· 31 2.5. Control of Pan-tilt and Lens ······························································ 32 2.6. Menu operation ················································································ 32 Chapter 5: Operations over Network ································································ 38 1. Setting on the Client End ·········································································· 38 2.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Product Features And Specifications

    Chapter 1 Product Features And Specifications 1. Technical Specifications Parameter 16 Channel 12 Channel Model DH-DVR1604RW DH-DVR1604 DH-DVR1204RW DH-DVR1204 Operation system Real-time operation system£ ¨ RTOS£ © Processor AMD ELANSC520/133 embedded microprocessor Video input 16 Channel (NTSC/PAL)BNC£ ¨ 1.0V 75¦ ¸ £ ©...

  • Page 5: Product Features

    2. Product Features Real-time Monitor ¡ ¤ Video output port and VGA port, able to realize monitoring on the monitor or PC Type monitor ¡ ¤ Single window/4 windows/16 windows monitor ¡ ¤ Multi window /single window patrol sequentially on pre-determined intervals ¡...
  • Page 6 ¡ ¤ Fast search and playback for schedule recording and alarm recording ¡ ¤ Multiple play-back modes: X2¡ ¢ X4¡ ¢ X12ast play, stop, 15F/S, 5F/S slow play and frame by frame playback ¡ ¤ Display the original event time when playback Alarm relay ¡...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 1.Hard disk installation Since there is no built-in hard disc in the machine, please install HDD first refer to the below installation instructions. Up to eight 10G-infinite capacity hard discs can be installed internally. The installed HDD number can be decided according to the required image quality, recording time and HDD capacity.
  • Page 8 CD-RW Installation ¢ Ù ¢ Ú ¢ Û Dismantle the HD bracket Remove the baffle of CD driver Installed 4 HDDs ¢ Ü ¢ Ý ¢ Þ Fix the 5th HDD on the Fix two pieces of planks Fix the CD-RW with bolts upside of the bracket on each side of the CD-RW on the bracket...

  • Page 9: Front Panel Introduction

    2. Front panel introduction 1.Power switch and indication light 2. Numeric Keypad 3.Recording indicator light 4.Plastic veil 5.CD-RW 6. Address 7. Direction (left arrow) 8. Remote receiver window 9. ESC key (Cancel) 10.Enter 11.Direction (down arrow) 12.Direction(up arrow) 13.Direction (right arrow) 14.Information 15.Single window display 16.
  • Page 10 Keys functions Order Key name Logo Function Remark Power switch and Power switch£ ¨ Power off by pressing the key 4 seconds£ © POWER indication light Indication light 10 equals to 0 in Numeric Keypad 1, 2, 3 etc. Password input, window shift or number input number input Green on Recording light...

  • Page 11: Multi-Window Shifting

    During playback realize PIP for the playback and real-time Function assistant 2 monitor with number key Function indicator light Indicator light for the Function assistant Standby indication light Light on when DVR stands by Direction: Outer: left/right; Inner: up/down; Jog Shuttle Outer circle control fast forward/reverse when playback, Inner circle for frame by frame forward when playback Multi-window shifting during real-time monitor;...

  • Page 12: Remote Controller

    3. Remote controller £ ¨ 5£ © £ ¨ 1£ © £ ¨ 7£ © £ ¨ 8£ © £ ¨ 9£ © £ ¨ 11£ © £ ¨ 16£ © £ ¨ 12£ © £ ¨ 2£ © £ ¨ 3£ © £...

  • Page 13: Back Panel Introduction

    4£ ® Back panel introduction 1¡ ¢ power switch 2¡ ¢ power plug 3¡ ¢ 220V/110V shift switch 4¡ ¢ RS232 connection 5¡ ¢ VGA connection 6¡ ¢ Audio input 7¡ ¢ USB port 8¡ ¢ 1394 connection 9¡ ¢ NET network connection£ ¨ RJ45£ © 10¡...

  • Page 14: Serial Port Connection And Extension

    4.1 Serial port RS232 connection and extension Note: ¢ Ù The connection for program upgrading or debugging through serial port ¢ Ú The connection for dial-up login through MODEM ¢ Û The connection for DVR control through keyboard 4.2 10-pin port connection If you want to control pan-tilt, lens and process the relay of the alarming signals by the DVR, the 10-pin port can realize.
  • Page 15 ¡ ¤ Instruction of the controllable +12V£ º Able to be the alarm output; also able to be used to restore the power of the smoke alarm sensor. ¡ ¤ Instruction of A¡ ¢ B line: Used to connect the A and B line of the pan-tilt decoder ¡...

  • Page 16: Alarm Operation Instructions

    4.3 Alarm operation instructions: 1¡ ¢ Alarm input: ¡ ¤ 16 channel alarm inputs, voltage input (Both Normal on / Normal close type) ¡ ¤ Please short connect between the alarm input end(COM) and the power (The power of the alarm sensor should be provided by outside power, the DVR afford +12V power, but if it provide power for more than two alarm sensors, it may affect the normal working of the DVR.).

  • Page 17: Cancel

    Exam1: Infrared alarm sensor (Inside power and NC) and Alarm light output (please see PIC 1) 1¡ ¢ Connect the sensor(NC) to the DVR alarm input(e.g.: connect to port 1) 2¡ ¢ Connect the ‘+’of the alarm light to the ‘+’of the outside power, and ‘ ’...
  • Page 18 4¡ ¢ Purpose During (8£ º 00£ - 24£ º 00), when alarm input from Channel 1, the alarm output Channel2 was triggered and the alarm light on; The screen display: Alarm input from CH1;The cameras CH1 and CH3 start recording simultaneity and save the monitoring image about 5SEC before alarm in;30 seconds after the alarm input be over ,the system stop alarm output and all the relative operation.
  • Page 19 3¡ ¢ Menu Setting Alarm input from CH2 (Total 16 channel alarm input for choose) Normal open port TYPE NORMAL OPEN Alarm output from CH1 (Be able to double choose according to No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ALARM OUT¡...
  • Page 20 Relays’ parameter of the alarm output end ¡ ¤ Model: G6H Material of the touch Sliver Rated switch capacity 30VDC 1A, 125VAC 0.5A Rating £ ¨ resistance load£ © Maximum switch power 62.5VA 33W Maximum switch voltage 125VAC, 110VDC Maximum switch electric currency Insulation between touches with same polarity 750VAC 1minute 50/60Hz...

  • Page 21: Chapter 3 Operating Instructions

    Chapter 3 Operating Instructions 1. Turn on / off the recorder 1.1 Turn on the recorder Plug in the power cable; switch on the power button at the back of the recorder; power indicator light on; DVR on; default single window for the video output display; press Enter the Log-in screen appears on Monitor; If the starting time is within the programmed recording time, the system will start recording function automatically.
  • Page 22 1.6 System menu structure General Search List Search SEARCH File information Alarm Search HDD information IFORMATION General setting Version Schedule setting Version SETTING Image setting Alarm setting PTZ setting Motion detection RS 232 Password setting File management ADMIN Output mode Backup Record Alarm in BACKUP...

  • Page 23: Recording Operation

    2. Recording operation The default recording mode after the startup of DVR is 24 continuous recording for each channel. Users can program customized recording modes due to the necessity. Instructions for the different recording modes are as follows: a) Schedule recording ·Enter the menu, and set the timing period for the recording.

  • Page 24: Alarm Connection Operation

    3.Alarm connection operation ·Connect the alarm input according to the device connection and the instructions ·Connect the related alarm output of DVR to associated alarm device (Example: light¡ ¢ beeper, etc.) ·Made the related setting in the menu£ ¬ See details at Menu>Setting>Alarm setting 4.Pan-tilt-zoom control operation ·Confirm the proper connection of PTZ and Communication Protocol.

  • Page 25: Chapter 4: Front Panel And Remote Controller Operation

    Chapter 4 Front panel and remote controller operation 1. Operation menu introduction *Flashing item is the current selectable one* 1.1 Menu items’ shifting and setting Operation Button-pressing Instruction Screen display step order 1¡ ¢ During real-time monitor, press to open the ¡...

  • Page 26: Menu Overview

    1. 2 Menu Overview Main menu Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks Prepare accurate playback RECORD DATE 24-10-2002 according to the channel and time . See TIME 02£ º 20:20 PM PLAY START details at 2.6.1 SEARCH List the results for choosing the wanted LIST TYPE ALARM...
  • Page 27 Main menu Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks DATE 2003-07-13 FORMAT DD-MM-YY TIME 08:30:30 system time, recording GENERAL FORMAT AM/PM SAVE TIME parameter, the machine No., video HDD FULL OVERWRITE REC-LENGTH 60 MIN format and so on REMOTE ADDRESS See details at 2.6.3 VIDEO MODE SHUT PASSWORD...
  • Page 28 Main menu Menu level 1 Menu level 2 Remarks CH ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ £ ± PROTOCOL ¡ ¡ NONE PTZ CONTROL ADDRRESS ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ £ ° £ ° Set PTZ protocol and the BAUDRATE ¡...
  • Page 29 GUEST * * * * * * PASSWORD If use manage password to CONFIRM * * * * * * MANAGE * * * * * * log in, able to change password. CONFIRM * * * * * * See details at 2.6.4 SAVE CANCEL...

  • Page 30: Menu Operation

    DEVICE Choose the backup device BACKUP RECORDS and select the wanted file to SPEED FAST backup records START TIME BACKUP 2003-3-18 18£ º 18£ º 16 END TIME See details at 2.6.5 2003-3-18 19£ º 18£ º 16 SEARCH START BACKUP START DEVICE...

  • Page 31: Playback Operation

    2.2 Playback operation Button-pressing order Instruction Display 1¡ ¢ Play/Pause Press the button to enter screen display. (If the RECORD SEARCH CH 1 current state is logout, please enter password) DATE 03-03-2003 TIME 09£ º 10 AM PLAY START 2¡ ¢ Play/Pause Press twice to begin the playback (on the screen RECORD SEARCH CH 1...

  • Page 32: Control Of Pan-Tilt And Lens

    2.5 Control of Pan-tilt and Lens *The current image must be shifted to the input image of the controlling camera* Button-pressing order Instruction Press Fn to display 1¡ ¢ Refer to menu operation In Control setting£ ¬ select the related Channel and CONTROL SETTING Protocol, see the right picture.
  • Page 33 First set the channel¡ ¢ date and time you want to search, then select List LIST SEARCH SEARCH, the screen shows the 8 recording files following the searching time. to select the file to be played. Press ENTER to begin the playback. DATE 24-12-2002 TIME 10£...
  • Page 34 Real time display bit rate of current channel (Kb/s) and space CH.1 CH.2 CH.3 CH.4 occupied. (MB/H) 0538Kb 0302Kb 0267Kb 0112Kb 256M/H 132M/H 117 M/H 49M/H CH.5 CH.6 CH.7 CH.8 0663Kb 0227Kb 0050Kb 0283Kb 291M/H 99M/H 21M/H 124M/H CH.10 CH.11 CH12 0663Kb 0227Kb 0050Kb 0283Kb 291M/H 99M/H 21M/H 124M/H...
  • Page 35 Image In CH option select the related channel.QUALITY you can shift IMAGE SETTING ¡ ¡ 6levels circularly, in which the 6 level is the best quality. Framerate 0£ ± 1f/s-25f/s are selectable. BITRATE there are CBR(audio/video) and NAME CHANNEL 01 VBR(audio/video).VIDEOLOST :select port 1-6for alarm output, QUALITY 0£...
  • Page 36 Network HOST NAME display the name of the recorder .IP is set by using NETWORK or input the exact numbers to change the IP address£ ¨ IP address setting HOSTNAME DVR1604 can only be realized in this term£ © ,and then set the correspond £...
  • Page 37 2.6.4 Admin ADMIN SETTING Menu of Admin setting is as the right picture: Password Select GUEST and MANAGE. Press or the number key to change the PASSWORD password, then confirm the change by inputting the password again. Press ESC to GUEST ****** CONFIRM ******...
  • Page 38 Set Alarm input connection Alarm in ALARM IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ¡ ñ ¡ ð ¡ ð ¡ ð ¡ ð ¡ ð ¡ ð ¡ ð 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ¡...

  • Page 39: Chapter 5: Operations Over Network

    Chapter 5 Operation over Network 1. Setting on the client end No software needs to be pre-installed. Please check the connection of the network, for example, ping the IP address of the DVR. If you can not ping through, please check the connection. 2.
  • Page 40 In this interface there are monitor video window, login¡ ¢ logout¡ ¢ Video¡ ¢ search¡ ¢ config(system setting)¡ ¢ Assistant(assistant setting) and so on. Login£ º Please click login, and the following dialogue box will pop up. Input username and password. There are three types of users: Administrator, User, and Guest. For the detailed introduction please refer to User manage in Assistant setting.
  • Page 41 Log out: if the logged in user need to log out, please click logout button. After the popup of the following dialogue box, please choose Yes. See (5-5)

  • Page 42: Operation Of The Right Click Menu(Video)

    3.Operation of the right key menu (Video) After you log in as Administrator, the buttons like login¡ ¢ logout¡ ¢ search¡ ¢ video¡ ¢ config¡ ¢ Assistant and so on are activated. Click the right key or click Video and the following interface will show£ º If the DVR is 16 Channel, the real-time monitor will show 16 channel options;...
  • Page 43 Real time monitor£ º Among the displayed channels, (5-7) you may select the channel you want to see, or press the numeric key to select the channels. Decode Quality User can choose the decode quality according the needs, there are 4 levels quality for choose. (5-8) Playback control bar£...
  • Page 44 Pan-tilt control£ º Control the direction moving of the pan-tilt and the zooming, aperture, focus of the lens. See 6£ - 8. Press the related buttons to control. Note£ º Before the realization of the pan-tilt control you must set right the protocol of the pan-tilt on the DVR.
  • Page 45 Full screen£ º There are two way to realize full screen monitor: one is to double click the window directly; the other is to select Full screen among the right key menu. During multi-window state, choose one of the windows and make it full screen in the same ways.

  • Page 46: Record Search And Playback

    4.Records Search and playback Click on search, then pop up the dialogue box of records search 5-14 Input From and To recording time, channel number and searching type£ ¨ Record or Alarm£ © , and the records during the searching time will show in the dialogue box (If only input the From time it show the records in 24 hours after the searching time).
  • Page 47 During the playback, you can operate by the buttons in the playback bar like save record, stop save, capture picture, fast play, pause, and full screen. During the playback on the video screen it shows the channel number, time and data flux of the record.
  • Page 48 5-16 Saved under Download file clip. Input the file name and choose Save. The screen shows the processing of the downloading until the completion. (User can use the Ctrl key to double choose several records and down load as a whole file as well) 5-17...

  • Page 49: Config(System Setting)

    5. Config(System setting) Click Config button£ ¬ and pop up the dialogue box. There are General¡ ¢ Schedule¡ ¢ Alarm¡ ¢ Motion detection¡ ¢ Video parameter six setting menus. Note£ º The gray part of the menus you have to set on the local DVR. General£...
  • Page 50 Schedule£ º £ ¨ 5-19£ © Able to select the different channel and date to perform the recording at the different period of time. There are two time periods for setting. The set time in Time 1 and Time 2 is independent with the set time in Motion detection.
  • Page 51 Image£ º This menu can select the image quality and network transport protocols for each channel. Press SAVE aside the channel after finishing setting the property of the image. The user can continue setting the image property and press SAVE at the bottom of the dialog box to save all the settings. 5-20 Style: Among the options of the coding styles there are£...
  • Page 52 Net transmission Protocol£ º there are TCP and Multicast two types. Multicast protocol: the user with control power can view the image at will and other users can only follow this user to view the image. 5 users are allowed to view at the same time.
  • Page 53 Motion detection£ º When user set the time period outside the time setting in Schedule, motion detection will take effect. The blue area is the selectable motion detection area. User can move the dialogue box to choose the area and can also set the sensitivity of the area due to the need.

  • Page 54: Assistant

    Video parameter Set the video parameter of the recording picture: image tinge, contrast, brightness and saturation. Press reset to get back default. 5-24 6. Assistant Assistant £ º Click on Assistant setting, as following, there are User manage¡ ¢ Record control¡ ¢ Apply for control right¡ ¢ Log information¡...
  • Page 55 5-25 User manage£ º display the user information of the DVR. The right buttons can let user save, add, modify, delete and cancel the information Three levels users£ º Administrator¨ D fully set the system and modify the user information; User¨...
  • Page 56 Add£ º Click Add to show the following dialogue box: 5-27 User can add user information in this dialogue box, select your power. There is only one administrator allowed. Modify£ º Select this button to show the following. User modify the filled-in information. 5-28 Record control£...
  • Page 57 Apply for control power£ º Web client software can supply the login of multiple users. If you want to have the control power, you can click this option and confirm to have the control power (5-30). If user wants to have the control power, user has to apply and gain the authorization of the user with control power.
  • Page 58 System information£ º Be able to check the basic information of the system. When sound is not needed, you can turn off the audio. Due to the bandwidth user can select the different Video transport mode, and after choose non real-time transmission, the mode is Extract I frame.
  • Page 59 Alarm Prompt When alarm occurs, user can select sound prompt .The sound file is System32>AlarmSound.wav. Click ALARM SELECT, user can select different prompt sound. 5-34 Channel name£ º Able to name each channel and the letters are no more than 12. The revised channel names will be displayed on the screen.
  • Page 60 Upgrade BIOS£ º Able to upgrade the BIOS,WEB and BOOT program remotely. Open the related BIOS or Web file (example: DVR1604.BIN or Multi-webfile.bin£ © , and click on Send BIOS. After the upgrading, it will show the clue about the upgrading. 5-36 About£...

  • Page 61: Serial Port Operation

    Chapter 6 Serial port operation 1£ ® Super Terminal’s software upgrading The system’s operation can also be done through RS232 port. The specific operation is as following£ º First, copy “Terminal” and “system upgrade program” to the computer. Connect the computer with the DVR through RS232 port. Run “Terminal”...

  • Page 62: Control Keyboard

    2£ ® Serial port upgrading operation After the setting of above operation, please follow the below operation£ º Press any key to enter login interface as following£ º £ ß Username£ º admin Enter username and press Enter. System hint to enter password as following£ º £...

  • Page 63: Matrix Connection

    CONTROL KEYBOARD 220V POWER PROTOCOL CONVERSION TRANSFORMER RS232 RS232 D V R D V R 4£ ® Matrix connection Before connecting the matrix to the DVR by RS232 port,the user should confirm with the provider that if the DVR has a matrix control protocol. After the connection, please set the matrix protocol to the DVR’s serialport control,then the user can do operations such as control and switch through the panel or remote control.

  • Page 64: Chapter 7 Frequent Asked Questions

    Chapter 7 Frequent Asked Questions 1. What the sound of buzzer mean when normally start the machine When the machine is started successfully, it would burst out a short ring. When the HD could not be identified, it would burst out a long ring. When communication with the controller panel is abnormal, it would burst out a voice of one long ring and two short in serial.

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